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		Glossary of Japanese Arts Terms | A | B | C | D | E | F | G | H | I | J | K | M | N | O | P | R | S | T | U | W | Y | Z |   hacho haiku hana hane goshi hanka fuza hara hasami ho hentaigana hiragana hitori ryoho hyoshi haiku Haiku are short poems made of 17 syllables. These sounds are arranged in three lines of five, seven, and five syllables. The objective is to extract the essence of a brief, transient moment occurring in one’s life and within the universe.

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